The Scheduled Monument Consent Procedure (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Decision notice

8.—(1) The notice of the decision (the decision notice) served under paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 1 to the Act is to include—

(a) a statement of—

(i) the terms of the decision;

(ii) any conditions to which that decision is subject; and

(iii) the reasons for the decision;

(b) a description of the location of the monument to which the application relates including, where applicable, a postal address;

(c) the reference number allocated to the application by Historic Environment Scotland;

(d) a description of—

(i) in the case of an application for scheduled monument consent, the works (including identification of the plans and drawings showing the proposed works) for which consent has been granted or, as the case may be, refused; or

(ii) in the case of an application for variation or discharge of conditions, the nature of the variation or discharge, for which consent has been granted or, as the case may be, refused.

(2) Where Historic Environment Scotland refuse an application or grant scheduled monument consent subject to conditions the decision notice must be accompanied by a statement explaining how the applicant may obtain information on how to appeal to the Scottish Ministers under section 4B of the Act and—

(a) in the case of an application for scheduled monument consent, a notice in terms of Form 3 set out in the Schedule; or

(b) in the case of an application for variation or discharge of conditions, a notice in terms of Form 4 set out in the Schedule.

(3) Historic Environment Scotland must make a copy of the decision notice available for public inspection at its principal office and through publication by means of the internet.